There's a camp that says innovation in drug development comes solely from academia and government labs. Another says the pharmaceutical industry invents drugs, without academic involvement. Both camps are wrong. Usually, both academia and industry contribute to drug discovery. An example is the long, grueling battle against hepatitis C.
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A San Diego pharmacist, concerned for those shouldering the high cost of the drug injectors, is helping them by identifying the product's effective shelf life. And at at cost of roughly $600 per pair, knowing how long EpiPens will actually work can translate into real savings for families on a tight budget.
Antibiotic resistance is a crisis. One of the driving forces is that the drugs are overprescribed by primary care physicians. Although there are efforts to minimize the unnecessary antibiotics being given to those who don't need them, a new study shows that they're just not working.
When it comes to finding new antibiotics, no place is too weird to look. Three separate teams of researchers have identified potentially useful antibiotics from some of the strangest places imaginable: Sponges, sea snails, and marine worms.
Our innate coagulation – or clotting – cascade is quite a dynamic, but formidable system. When optimally effective, it manages retention of a balanced condition between not too much bleeding and not too much clotting. Let's take a look at how to reduce your chances of developing pathologic clots.
For those of you who are following herpes vaccines in development, the news out of Australia isn't bad. Or especially good. Admedus just released Phase IIa clinical trial results of its herpes simplex 2 vaccine. Even the company didn't seem all that enthusiastic (which is, in a way, OK.)
US News & World Report: What were you thinking running this advertorial for nonsense?
Recently the comedian and late-night TV host told a "terrifying" tale of the discovery and treatment of his newborn son's unexpected congenital heart defect. Let's analyze the timeline of events.
Uh oh. Another Canadian online drugstore gets nailed. Three Canadian residents and their company Quantum Solutions are in all kinds of trouble. In addition to money laundering, they are being charged with conspiring to distribute wholesale quantities of misbranded prescription drugs made for the foreign market.
University of Montana researchers discovered that when grown in co-culture, two different species of the fungus Penicillium – the same genus that produces the antibiotic penicillin – cooperate to synthesize an antibiotic that neither species produces when grown alone.
The actress revealed in an online post that she's in remission from breast cancer. She eloquently articulated a very harsh reality for cancer patients about what remission does – and does not – mean.
The 1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act is some kinda shady piece of legislation, one that continues to do damage. You might say were not huge fans. But on the enforcement side, it's great to see that 14 companies have been busted by FDA for selling phony cancer claims. Only $30 billion in revenue now to go after.